Model comparison
GLM 4.5 Air vs GLM 4.5V
Compare published model capabilities and API prices.
Zai
GLM 4.5 Air
Lighter GLM-4.5 variant for fast coding assistance and cheaper agents
Zai
GLM 4.5V
GLM vision model for visual reasoning, documents, and multimodal agents
| Metric | GLM 4.5 Air | GLM 4.5V |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Zai | Zai |
| Context window | 128,000 | 66,000 |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.200 | $0.600 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.10 | $1.80 |
| Modalities | text | text, vision |
| License | open-weights | open-weights |
Quick take
On input price, GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper at $0.200/Mtok. For context window, GLM 4.5 Air leads with 128,000 tokens.
Pick based on your workload: high-volume cheap inference vs long-document / agent loops. Enterprise DNA can wire either model into Omni with evals, secrets, and job orchestration.